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		tptacek on June 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Women Who Code (YC S16) helps female engineers lev... This is a definition of "fulfilling" that captures "subsistence farming".

exstudent2 on June 3, 2016 [–]

Which many would consider fulfilling :) c.f. any farming commune.

tptacek on June 3, 2016 | [–]

c.f. impoverished rural Asia and Africa.

A lot of unfulfilling labor becomes "fulfilling" when you have the luxury of picking it up and putting it down whenever you'd like.

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